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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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