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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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