Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

