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