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...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Old Brewery In Preston