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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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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