Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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