Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown