Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge 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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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