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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

