Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

