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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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