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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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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