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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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