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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

