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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. Itโs dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

