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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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