Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul