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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

