Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

