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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

