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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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