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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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