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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

