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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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