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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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