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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

