Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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