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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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