Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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