Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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