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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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