Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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