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...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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