Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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