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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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