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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

