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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor 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