Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston