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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

