Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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