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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

