Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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