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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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