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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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