Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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