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
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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