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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston