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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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