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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul