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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

