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