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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

