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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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