Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

