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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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