Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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