Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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