Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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