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