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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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