Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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