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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

