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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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