Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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