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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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