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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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