Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul