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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston