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