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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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