Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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