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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown