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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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