Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

