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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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...
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