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...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

