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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

