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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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