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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

