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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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