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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown