Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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