Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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