Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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