Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown