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

