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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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