Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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
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