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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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