Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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