Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown