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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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