Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In 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