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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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