Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital 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