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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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