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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

