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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
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