Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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