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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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