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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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