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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston