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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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