Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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