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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill 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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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