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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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