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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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