Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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