Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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