Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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