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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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