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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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