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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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