Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston