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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

