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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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