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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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