Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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