Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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