St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

