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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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