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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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