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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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