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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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