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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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