Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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