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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

