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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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