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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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...
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