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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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