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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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