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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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