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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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