Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

