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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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