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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the JamesโYounger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

