Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

