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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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