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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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