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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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