Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

