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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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