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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor 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