Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion 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...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

