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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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