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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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