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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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