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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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