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 the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown