Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

