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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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