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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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