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...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

