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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

