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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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