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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

