Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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