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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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