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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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