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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston