Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown