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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston