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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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