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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

