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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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