Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

