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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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