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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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