Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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