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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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