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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown