Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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