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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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