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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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