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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

