Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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