Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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