Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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