Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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