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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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