Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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