Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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