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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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