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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

