Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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