Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston