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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown