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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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