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