Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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