Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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