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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

