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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

