Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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