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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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