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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital 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