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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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