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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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