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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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