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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown