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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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