Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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