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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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