Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

