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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

