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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

