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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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