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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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