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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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