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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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