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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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