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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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