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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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