Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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