Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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