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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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