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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

