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