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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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