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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

