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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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