Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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