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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

