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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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