Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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