Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown