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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

