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