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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
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...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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