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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

