Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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