Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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