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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

