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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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