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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

