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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

