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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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