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...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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