Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

