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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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