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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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