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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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