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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

