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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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