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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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