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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
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...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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