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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

