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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

