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...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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