Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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