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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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