Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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