Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

