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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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