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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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