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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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