Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

