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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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