Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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