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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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