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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
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