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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

