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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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