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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
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...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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