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...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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