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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

