Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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