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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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