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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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