Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
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...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

