Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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