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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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