Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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