Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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