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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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