Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown