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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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