Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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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