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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

