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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
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