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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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