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
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

