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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
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