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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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