Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
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...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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