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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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