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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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