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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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