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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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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