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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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