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