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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
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...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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