Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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