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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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