Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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