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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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