Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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