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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown