Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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