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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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