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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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