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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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