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...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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