Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

