Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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