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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown