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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor 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