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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor 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