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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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