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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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