Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

