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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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