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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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