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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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