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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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