Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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