Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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