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