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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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