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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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