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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

