Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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