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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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