Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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