Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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