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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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