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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown