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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
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...

