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