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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston