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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital 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