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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

