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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
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...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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