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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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