Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

