Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of 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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

