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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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