Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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