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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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