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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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