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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

