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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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