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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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