Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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