Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

