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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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