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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

