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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

