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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

