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...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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