Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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