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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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