Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown