Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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