Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
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...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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