Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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