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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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