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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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