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...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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