St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
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Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
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The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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