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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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