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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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