Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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