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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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