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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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