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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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