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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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