Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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