Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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