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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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