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