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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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