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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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