Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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