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