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...
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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