Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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