Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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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