Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

