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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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