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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
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
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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