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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

