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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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