Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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