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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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