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