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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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