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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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