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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

