Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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