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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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