Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Twin Cities Area
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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