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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul