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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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