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
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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