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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
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...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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