Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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