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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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