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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

