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...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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