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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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