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

