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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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