Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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