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