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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

