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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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