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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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