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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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