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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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