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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

