The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Twin Cities Area
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown