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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

