Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

