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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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