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

