Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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