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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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