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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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