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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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