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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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