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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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