Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
