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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in 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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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