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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
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