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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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