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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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