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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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