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