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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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