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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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