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