Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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