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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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