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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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