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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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