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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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