Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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 Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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