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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul