Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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