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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited 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...
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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