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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

