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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City