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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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