Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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