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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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