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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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