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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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