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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

