Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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