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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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