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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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