Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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