Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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