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
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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