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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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