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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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