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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
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...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston