Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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