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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

