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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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