Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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