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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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