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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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