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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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