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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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