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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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