Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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