Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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