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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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