Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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