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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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