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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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
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
Old Brewery In Preston
