Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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