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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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