Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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