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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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