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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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