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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In 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