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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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