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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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