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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

