Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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