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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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