Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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