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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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