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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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