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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston