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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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