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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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