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...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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