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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

