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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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