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...
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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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