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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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