Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor 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