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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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