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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

