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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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