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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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