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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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