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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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