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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded 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...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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