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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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