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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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