Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
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