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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

