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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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