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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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