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...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown