Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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